Stone Cold Fox’s pedals and gear

Melodic and atmospheric, Brooklyn’s Cold Stone Fox boasts a sound that’s multifaceted but extremely balanced. Their latest EP ‘Tunnel Vision’ harmoniously blends psychedelia with some of that melodic, ethereal but somewhat dark rock of the ’80s (we hear a little bit of Simple Minds and The Church). Such well produced sound could not NOT trigger some Delicious Audio questions about their gear…

The guitars on your new record are plentiful, but never go overboard; what pedals do you have on your board these days?

Kevin (guitar/lead vocals): I have a EHX Micro Pog octave pedal that I wish I could use more of, a Maxon Tube OD-9 Tube screamer overdrive, which is a great boost someone gave me with a gorilla holding a guitar painted on it, and a Line 6 Verbzilla (I get shit for having from the band cause it’s Line 6 but screw them it’s a great pedal…)

Graham (lead guitar): My set of knobs of switches involved in my quest for tone starts with a Fulltone OCD drive. This pedal is the base for all my drive tone, and allows me to get more dark grit out of my amp at lower volume. After that, I have Xotic EP Booster pedal, which is based on the amplifier circuit of the Echoplex tape delay unit.

Graham’s board

A crescendo of messy boards!!! Is your signature distortion coming from the amp or from a pedal?

Kevin: It’s a good mixture of both, the Vox AC 15 cranked up to a good breaking point and then just crunch it a tiny bit with the Maxon overdrive.